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[edit] Documentation

{{hdeity infobox}} adds Template:IndicText to the article with an infobox.

[edit] Usage

{{Hdeity infobox| <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
  Image                    = 
| Caption                  = 
| Name                     = 
| Devanagari               = 
| Sanskrit_Transliteration =
| Pali_Transliteration     =
| Tamil_script             = 
| Script_name              = <!--Enter name of local script used-->
| Script                   = <!--Enter the name of the deity in the local script used -->
| Affiliation              = 
| God_of                   = <!--eg. god of death-->
| Abode                    =
| Mantra                   =
| Weapon                   = 
| Consort                  = 
| Mount                    = 
| Planet                   = 
}}

[edit] Example

God name
Devanagari	Devanagari
Pali Transliteration	Pali
Tamil script	Tamil
Custom Script Name	Script
Affiliation	Affiliation
Mantra	Mantra
Weapon	Weapon
Consort	Consort
Mount	Mount
Planet	Planet
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[edit] See also

• Template:Hdeity infobox (edit talk links history)

[edit] Discussion

Contents 1 Documentation 1.1 Usage 1.2 Example 1.3 See also 2 Discussion 2.1 Pixels 2.2 Indic Text 2.3 The Transparent infobox

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I think that the relatives section should be scrapped, as accounts of who is related to whom vary greatly. The same applies for "powers". The rest is good. --Grammatical error 15:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I removed relatives. Are you sure we should remove powers?--Dangerous-Boy 18:30, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, what specific "power limitations" do we really know? A few people (such as me) believe that all gods are manifestations of the supreme and therefore omnipotent (although the vast majority do not), which would make the "powers" column pointless. Also, a Shaivite might consider Shiva to be omnipotent, whereas a Vaishnavite would consider him the greatest devotee of Vishnu. --Grammatical error 19:18, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

One more thing: what's the point of having Pali? It's not really relevant when talking about Hindu deities. I'd rather have something that is likely to be more useful in this context, like Malayalam for Ayyappan.--Grammatical error 20:41, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I put Pali in there just incase since many of the buddhist deities are taken from Hindu ones and incase Buddhist sections are in there as well. I guess we could add Malayalam Isn't there a base script for the southern languages? How many more script table do you think we need?--Dangerous-Boy 20:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Good point about Pali. I think local scripts should be used for deities who are mostly worshipped by a particular group of people and not a part of mainstream Hinduism - the best solution would be to just add more script options to the templates as you come across more local deities. The only ones I can think of at the moment are Ayyappan (Malayalam primarily, although vast numbers of Tamils amongst others worship him so Kannada and Telugu scripts should ideally be included as well), Andavan (Tamil, but that's in already) and apparently they worship a daughter of Shiva and Parvati in the North-West of India somewhere. Local village deities are everywhere, but most of them aren't notable enough to be mentioned in an encyclopaedia (apart from some list of minor deities or something). --Grammatical error 20:59, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

hm. I think it might be possible to a table in for local script and the editor input the name of the local script and input the diety's name in that script. Just one problem...I don't know how to do such a thing in wiki template code. I can only add a table. Might have to ask User:Squilibob about that but he's already done so much work for this template. Kind of feel bad asking him for more and User:Ganeshk seems too busy. Can you do it?--Dangerous-Boy 21:26, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Changed it. Is that what you wanted? --Squilibob 08:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pixels

Can someone decrease the default size of image in the template? Its too large now. Victor 01:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indic Text

Does anyone else think that the Indic text box should be moved underneath the Info-box in the template, or alternatively removed all-together? It's easy enough to add the Indic text box into an article on it's own, seperately from the box, and looks better in some instances. Regards, Gouranga(UK) 08:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the Indic Text box must be included as most Hindu deities articles have the diety names in Devanagari. Aslo; we have a provision in the infobox for the Devanagari name.--Redtigerxyz 11:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

In which articles did it cause problems in layout????--Redtigerxyz (talk) 05:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

The Indic text box looks untidy as it is positioned above the info box, and appears on the page at a different position to the rest of the box. Is there a way to include it below, without it looking so out of place? Regards, Gouranga(UK) (talk) 10:37, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I tried putting the Indic Text box below but it didn't look good. I think it looked better above the infobox.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 12:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

In which case I'd rather we left it out altogether and added the indic box in seperately where deemed appropriate. Gouranga(UK) (talk) 12:40, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I still think the Indic Text box should be included.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Transparent infobox

IMO the infobox must be made opaque again as it does not look good in articles with short Contents boxes e.g. Khandoba.--Redtigerxyz 11:22, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Just fixed. Gouranga(UK) (talk) 10:40, 23 November 2007 (UTC)